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Subject: Re: X -configure fails on 6.3-Release
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Jim Guojun [VFFS] wrote:
> After installed FreeBSD 6.3 on two machines, and X server cannot be 
> started somehow on either one.
>
> Both "X -configure" and "X -probeonly" failed and errors are in 
> attached file -- Xerr.
> Also, Xorg.o.log is attached.
>
> Both machines run FreeBSD 6.2 and X works fine.
> I search wiki.x.org and freebsd list, but did not see any information 
> related to this problem.
>
> Can someone tell me what is going wrong on my installation or X 
> configuration?
>
> Thanks,
> -Jin
>

I rarely install X from packages during install myself (I most always 
compile the entire Xorg from ports afterwards). But wanting to test my 
CDs, I did, and got the exact same result. It seems that when installing 
the Standard distribution with X, several parts are not selected (like 
xorg-drivers, which is causing this exact symptom. You will also find 
out there is no "startx" command). Maybe the installation does not take 
into account that Xorg is now modular?
However, when you reach the question about installing packages, you can 
actually select the entire xorg-7.3 package and install it. This will 
take care of the problem.